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Tomas

Originally Posted by trwc1970

It is well known that the video of Cheung and Emin was heavily edited to only show the take down . Even so i would say that Cheung did a fine job of blocking punches while down. Before the pieces were cut out Cheung had him in a headlock and shot out a kick but it lacked any real power as Cheung had on slippers and slid on contact. Emin had an axe to grind that day and they were after Cheung in some inner Wing Chun politics scandal.the take down is perfectly valid as a part of any system ,and no it does not make me feel like rethinking my martial arts system after watching the video. I feel that Cheung blocked as best he could, and nobody really got hurt,despite Emins intentions all that being said Emin is a beast and a very able fighter,and while Cheung is the current inherited grand master of the system it may not mean he is still the best in a no holds barred fight.then again he has proved himself many times over in contests against many different styles,and opponents.

It is well known that the video of Cheung and Emin was heavily edited to only show the take down . Even so i would say that Cheung did a fine job of blocking punches while down. Before the pieces were cut out Cheung had him in a headlock and shot out a kick but it lacked any real power as Cheung had on slippers and slid on contact. Emin had an axe to grind that day and they were after Cheung in some inner Wing Chun politics scandal.the take down is perfectly valid as a part of any system ,and no it does not make me feel like rethinking my martial arts system after watching the video. I feel that Cheung blocked as best he could, and nobody really got hurt,despite Emins intentions all that being said Emin is a beast and a very able fighter,and while Cheung is the current inherited grand master of the system it may not mean he is still the best in a no holds barred fight.then again he has proved himself many times over in contests against many different styles,and opponents.

ROFL. William Cheung as the "current inherited grand master of the system"... what a load. Perhaps you might say he is the self-appointed leader of the Yip Man Wing Chun style.

Yip Man has been attributed with simplifying Wing Chun, and William Cheung is also attributed with simplifying Wing Chun still further. It is hard to say now whether they teach something that is similar to what might have been taught a few generations ago.

Perhaps you should look around a little and see that Wing Chun as a style is far more diverse than what many sad clubs know -- you wouldn't know this based on the fact that 99.9% of Wing Chun people do crap Wing Chun from this one lineage.

I think it depends on how someone trains. I study WC. I'd like to think that how we train is important. 2 vs 1, 3 vs 1, 4 vs 1, 5 vs 1 scenarios where we have to protect someone next to us while people come at us. We wear protective gear through class, shin guards, mouth guards, box. To apply what we learn as effective as possible without hospitalising someone.